Infrared Difference-Frequency Generation Using a Tunable Dye Laser

Abstract

Intense infrared radiation has been produced in the 3 to 4 micrometer region by generating the difference frequency between a wavelength-tunable dye laser and a -switched ruby laser. Saturation of the conversion of ruby photons to sum-and-difference frequencies was observed on a single pass through a phase- matched LiNbO3 crystal. The system appears to be attractive as a simple, highly- efficient, and broadly-tunable infrared source.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715780

Entities

People

  • C. F. Dewey Jr.
  • Lon O. Hocker

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Conversion
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Difference Frequency
  • Dye Lasers
  • Emission
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Optomechanics
  • Radiation
  • Ruby Lasers
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy